leading out of the city of boston. people didn't make that noon deadline that the governor had asked people to make, but they are trying to get out of here. a moment ago this was backed up. it looked like rush hour traffic. now it seems like it's loosened up a little bit, and it's actually able to move. another thing that's really interesting that people especially in the city would be affected by, the t, the transit system here in the city will be shut down at 3:30 this afternoon. and the mayor is asking people to especially stay inside, pedestrians, cars to stay off the roads so that the crews that are going to be out there trying to get things cleaned up will be able to do their jobs. take a listen to the mayor. >> our public works crews are out now. we have a 34,000 tons of salt over 600 pieces of equipment ready to be deployed throughout the storm. >> reporter: you know, new englanders are used to big snowstorms, they've handled this before many times in previous decades, but there is al that -- they know to take